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Multiple Choice UK Geography - 3

Can you identify the correct answer to each of these questions relating to the geography of the United Kingdom?
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1. Which places make up what is sometimes referred to as the 'English Riviera'?
Brighton, Hove and Shoreham ✓
Bournemouth, Poole and Swanage ✓
Torquay, Paignton and Brixham ✓
Morecambe, Blackpool and Southport ✓
2. In which city can you visit the Jorvik Viking Centre?
Lichfield ✓
Leeds ✓
Kingston upon Hull ✓
York ✓
3. Which city is known for its history of 'Jute, Jam and Journalism'?
Dundee ✓
Aberdeen ✓
Glasgow ✓
Stirling ✓
4. Which bridge over the River Thames is the furthest downstream?
Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, Dartford ✓
London Bridge ✓
Blackfriars Bridge ✓
Tower Bridge ✓
5. What is the county town of Hampshire?
Basingstoke ✓
Southampton ✓
Winchester ✓
Portsmouth ✓
6. Which Roman Road connected London with York?
Fosse Way ✓
Watling Street ✓
Ermine Street ✓
The Stanegate ✓
7. In which city can you see the 'Mathematical Bridge'?
Cambridge ✓
St. Andrews ✓
Durham ✓
Oxford ✓
8. In which county is Portland Bill?
Hampshire ✓
Dorset ✓
Devon ✓
Somerset ✓
9. The UK has many AONB's but what is an AONB?
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ✓
Area Of National Battleground ✓
Ancient or Original Notable Building ✓
Antiquity Of National Benefit ✓
10. What stretch of water separates Anglesey from the Welsh mainland?
Bristol Channel ✓
The Wash ✓
Menai Strait ✓
Dornoch Firth ✓
11. What is the largest town on the Hebridean island of Lewis and Harris?
Portree ✓
Tobermory ✓
Rothesay ✓
Stornoway ✓
12. Cornwall is most associated with the mining of which metal ore?
Gold ✓
Aluminium ✓
Tin ✓
Iron ✓
13. What original ancient document is on display in Lincoln Castle?
Mappa Mundi ✓
Domesday Book ✓
Magna Carta ✓
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ✓
14. Which of these towns is on the west coast of Wales?
Wrexham ✓
Llandrindod Wells ✓
Barry ✓
Aberystwyth ✓
15. What is the Cerne Abbas Giant?
A huge redwood tree in southwest Scotland ✓
A towering sea stack off the coast of Hoy in the Orkney Islands ✓
A large chalk outline of a man, carved into a Dorset hillside ✓
A high, craggy mountain in Snowdonia ✓
16. What city is at the heart of the area known as 'The Potteries'?
Coventry ✓
Stoke-on-Trent ✓
Wolverhampton ✓
Manchester ✓
17. What is the name of Gloucestershire's ancient woodland?
Kielder Forest ✓
New Forest ✓
Sherwood Forest ✓
Forest of Dean ✓
18. Which of these towns is closest to the border between England and Scotland?
Dumfries ✓
Berwick-upon-Tweed ✓
Kendal ✓
Galashiels ✓
19. The Giant's Causeway comprises many natural columns of which mineral?
Basalt ✓
Sandstone ✓
Granite ✓
Quartz ✓
20. What is the name of Gateshead's large, iconic, steel sculpture?
Guardian of the East ✓
Spirit of the Sea ✓
Soul of the Tyne ✓
Angel of the North ✓
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